"This is all due to the quick effect of the shadow clone training method. Otherwise, there is no way to complete these trainings in just a few months."

Shikaku gave this fair evaluation.

"I heard that this method was taught to Naruto by Kakashi?"

"Yes."

Tsunade nodded, her eyes flickering, not knowing what she was thinking.

At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared in the office. A closer look revealed that the figure was wearing ANBU clothing and was obviously a ninja directly under Tsunade.

"Lord Hokage, here is an urgent letter from the daimyo."

"bring here."

"yes!"

The ANBU quickly delivered the letter to Tsunade.

Tsunade opened the letter and scanned it, her expression suddenly became serious.

"Hokage-sama, what happened?"

When Shikaku saw Tsunade's face, he knew something big had happened.

"A large-scale workers' riot occurred in the Kingdom of Ikea. The daimyo in the castle was also attacked by unknown persons while traveling. The daimyo asked us, Konoha, to take over the entrustment of the Country of Ikea and go to the country to investigate."

"The Country of Pools?"

Shikaku remembers that this is a very small seaside country in the ninja world. Like Yuno Kuni, it is a small country with a developed hot spring industry. The development of the hot spring industry is second only to Yuno Kuni and it is a good tourist destination.

However, what he did not expect was that workers and civilians rioted in this country, and unknown people attacked the country's famous people.

Shikaku couldn't help but think of the country of ghosts, the only country that would do such a thing secretly.

Inciting workers at the bottom and bringing other countries into a chaotic state of war is what this country is good at.

Even the Kingdom of Water, which is far away from the mainland, has been deeply affected by it. The fourth generation of Mizukage in Kirigakure Village is still aggrieved by this matter. In the past few months, he has been sending letters to ask the Hokage when

You can send troops and say that his side is ready and can launch an attack at any time.

"But why did the Daimyo suddenly..."

Shikaku frowned in confusion.

As early as a few months ago, some small countries started talking to the big countries outside the Kingdom of Oni, hoping that the other big countries, led by the Kingdom of Thunder, could stop the unrest caused by the Kingdom of Oni in various parts of the ninja world.

However, regarding the judgment of this matter, the great lords of the big country chose to ignore it and allowed the forces of the Kingdom of Ghosts to stir up trouble outside and close the country's doors.

It can be said that this is a disguised rejection of the demands of those small countries, allowing their aristocratic groups to be suppressed by the Kingdom of Ghosts.

However, now the Daimyo of the Fire Country is asking Konoha to suddenly intervene in this matter...

Excuse!

Lu Jiu suddenly thought of these two words.

That's right, all he could think of was an excuse.

Although the four countries have formed an alliance, it is not easy to find an excuse for war.

It is undoubtedly the most appropriate thing for Konoha to find an excuse to criticize the Kingdom of Demons by intervening in the internal war in the Kingdom of Chi.

The alliance is formed, and excuses must now be found to pave the way for joint operations in December.

"This is the only possibility. However, it is really troublesome to do it..."

Sensing the change in the expression on Shikaku's face, a dark look flashed in Tsunade's eyes.

Is there going to be a war?

In a blink of an eye, this time has arrived.

I don't know why, but I suddenly feel anxious.

"So, what Hokage-sama means is..."

"Shikaku, look at which other teams are idle in the village."

Tsunade interrupted Shikaku's thoughts.

The border troops stationed in the Land of Fire cannot be mobilized. This mission can only be carried out openly by regular teams, and then secretly assisted by ANBU, in a two-pronged manner.

After all, the name of the Fire Country has solemnly mentioned that this mission is an 'investigation' work, not to support the Country of Chi militarily and conflict with the Country of Ghosts.

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"The turmoil in the Kingdom of Chi has already occurred, and the Kingdom of Fire will follow suit."

Kirigakure is located in the office of the Mizukage Building. As the lost warehouse of the Fourth Mizukage, standing at the window of the office, looking at the endless sea in the distance, it seems that you can vaguely hear the chirping of seabirds on the sea.

"Then what should we do next, Mizukage-sama?"

Terumi Mei, who was standing not far behind him, asked about the next move of the lost position.

In the office, there were only two of them, Shicang and Qing. Qing and Guideng Manyue, who were the bodyguards, were not here. The ANBU around them had also dissipated and were on guard outside.

Shi Cang didn't speak, he just retracted his gaze from the sea, turned to his desk, and picked up a sealed file bag with a note saying "Top Secret" on it.

He placed the file bag in Terumi Mei's hand.

Terumi Mei opened the file bag without refusal, pulled out half of the file, and the hole shrank.

"This is!"

"When the time comes, the force deployment of Kirigakure Village to attack the Kingdom of Demons, as well as the offensive route and defense map of the sea area, including the information of the leading jounin, you hand this thing into the hands of Chiba Shiraishi. When the time comes, let him

Formulate a strategy over there and send people to 'eliminate' these Kirigakure ninjas from the battlefield."

Shicang said expressionlessly.

As early as half a month ago, Kirigakure Village passed a high-level meeting and decided on the final detailed attack plan.

Therefore, this represents top-secret information about Kirigakure Village's next actions.

As long as you know this, you can completely take advantage of the offensive and defensive situation above and cause "heavy losses" to the reconnaissance troops of Kirigakure Village without any effort.

In response to this, Terumi Mei's eyes flashed with praise.

"Mr. Mizukage is very thoughtful. There is no such thing as death in war. In this way, we will be foolproof in our actions."

"Unfortunately, each country has its own set of operational defense plans, and there is no way to get the defense plans of Iwagakure and Sunagakure."

Lost the position and nodded, but on the one hand, he also felt regretful.

If we can get the defense plans of the two ninja villages, Iwagakure and Sunagakure, they will definitely be able to suffer a huge blow. After all, it is normal for ninjas to have many dead spots on the battlefield.

As for Konoha's defense plan, it has never been a problem for the Kingdom of Demons.
Chapter completed!